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In your field: James Robinson - "Bovine TB policy, it is like wading through treacle"

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

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In your field: James Robinson - "Bovine TB policy, it is like wading through treacle"

Sat around the kitchen table were five members of our family, as well as Kirsty our vet, two Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) vets and Helen from the NFU. We were there to get to the bottom of...

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